Word: elys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Star forward Paul Castraberti, whose aggressive but classy play dominated both of last year's Crimson-Eli encounters, is through for the year with a serious head injury suffered last month. But Yale gets considerable firepower from Dan Poliziarti and Joe Gagliardi, while Blair Wheeler anchors a tenacious defense...
...Eli squad is the anomaly of the Ivy League. Boasting only eight swimmers, the Bulldogs nevertheless pose a powerful threat to the Crimson because of the caliber of their few outstanding competitors. Although they lack the Crimson's depth, all of the Yale swimmers and divers are ranked in the Ivy League...
Sharon Vietz will lead the Eli charge because of her versatility in all of the sprint events. The top-ranked 50-yard freestyler in the League, Vietz could also easily take any event from the 100-yard free to the 50-yard fly. One of the best match-ups of the day will occur when Vietz faces sophomore star Kathleen McCloskey in the sprint fly event. Although McCloskey is undefeated in the grueling 200-yard distance, Vietz could prevail...
...Crimson had to resort to last minute heroics after 45 minutes of scoreless, mediocre hockey when Yale broke the deadlock despite awakening and intensification of the Harvard attack. At the 4:35 mark of the third period, Eli center Reedie Field, with moves icewomen haven't seen since Princeton's Kelly O'Dell, took a feed at the blue line from Jamie Nicholson. Field, Yale's leading scorer, skated around the right side of the Harvard defense, deked goalie Cheryl Tate, and flipped the puck into the twines to give the visitors a 1-0 lead...
Despite the crowd's pulsing cheer of "Harvard! Harvard!," the Crimson power play failed to convert with five minutes remaining. Seconds later, Tate, who had another stellar night in the nets steering aside 17 Eli shots, denied a Field stuff to send the contest into overtime...